Tag holder



March 3, 1936. 'r. F. KELLY TAG HOLDER Filed May 22, 1955 Patented Mar. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to tag holders designed for use in connection with price tags, cards and the like to be applied to merchandise and/or to shelves or containers holding the same.

It is an object of the invention to provide an inexpensive device of this character including a clip portion and a pin portion so assembled that they can be supported at any desired angles to each other, there being a frictional contact between the parts whereby this result is obtained.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the clip, a card or tag being shown by broken lines in position therein.

Figure 2 is a front elevation.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4, Figure 3, one of the positions of the pin being indicated by dotted lines and the card or tag being illustrated by broken lines.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, A designates a single length of resilient wire bent to form the clip portion of the fastener. This wire includes an intermediate pivot portion I having parallel arms 2 extending from the ends thereof and merging along curved lines at 3 into depending loops 4. Each of the loops is normally closed at one end and the free ends of the wire diverge outwardly from these normally closed portions 5.

The pin member of the holder has been indicated at B and comprises a single length of spring wire one end portion of which is coiled about the pivot portion l as shown at 6. That portion of the wire extending from one end of the coil is bent back along the coil as shown at I and is looped about the center of the coil as at .8 where it merges into an elongated pointed stem 9.

The coil is held normally compressed by contacting at its ends with the respective arms 2. Thus a constant frictional contact is maintained between the ends of the coil and the arms with the result that the clip member A will remain at any angle to which it may be moved relative to the stem 9 of the pin member B. Consequently by inserting the stem 9 into a shelf or by sticking it into fabric or other merchandise so as to connect the holder thereto, the clip member A can then be swung to any desired position for most advantageously displaying a card or tag C gripped in the resilient loops 4.

What is claimed is:

1. A tag holder or the like including a clip member having a pivot portion and side portions, and a pin member including a. resilient coil rotatably mounted on the pivot member and exerting a constant thrust at its ends against the side portions of the clip member.

2. A tag holder including a clip member including a pivot portion, end arms thereon, and clips carried by the arms, and a pin member including a resilient coil rotatably mounted on the pivot member and held under compression by the arms, and a support engaging member extending from the coil.

3. A tag holder including a clip member and a pin member, said clip member including a single length of resilient wire bent to provide a pivot portion, arms at the ends of the pivot portion, and tag engaging clips carried by the arms, said pin member comprising a single length of resilient wire bent to provide a coil rotatably mounted on the pivot member .and held under compression by the arms, and a pin extending from an intermediate portion of the coil.

THOMAS F. KELLY. 

